Huawei hosted its first-ever regional Partner Summit in Kazakhstan to gather industry leaders from the Middle East and Central Asia to explore the infinite possibilities of digitalisation. Huawei Middle East recently expanded its region to include Central Asia. The company’s first ME and CA Partner Summit took place on the sidelines of its annual flagship event, Huawei Tech Carnival, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
At the event, Huawei signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Avicom, one of the ICT providers headquartered in Baku, Azerbaijan, providing ICT services and solutions to both private and public organisations in the Central Asia region. The agreement is set to establish an Experience and Training Innovation Canter in Baku for demo, test, and training purposes. The signing ceremony took place between David Xu, General Manager of Huawei Azerbaijan, and Yalchin Nahmatov, Founder, Avicom.
High-profile partners also shared their successful case studies to impart knowledge on industry best practices. Ibrahim Al Kharboush, CEO, Baud Telecom Company, based in Saudi Arabia, shared a case study on its successful partnership with Huawei in Saudi Arabia and its plans for business development.
Huawei also showcased various products and solutions for its partners during the Summit. Participants discussed partner channel development and market opportunities in the Middle East and Central Asia region as well as the 2023 Huawei ME and CA Partner Policy.
Alaa Elshimy, Managing Director and Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business Group, Middle East, and Central Asia, said, “Huawei and our partners share common goals, working together to build a diversified and thriving ICT ecosystem.”
Dmitry Nikitov, Vice CEO, International Business, Marvel Distribution, delivered a talk on Partner Channel Development and Marketing Opportunities in Central Asia and highlighted that Huawei is the vendor for Marvel’s project business.
The Partner Summit concluded with a gala dinner and award ceremony where partners from 19 countries were awarded across 32 categories. Huawei also awarded the winners of the recent Enterprise Partners Technology Contest. The Contest, held in the region for the first time, comprised three domains – Datacom, Storage and Optical Networking – focusing on accelerating digital transformation for our partners.
To date, Huawei enjoys relationships with more than 30,000 enterprise partners worldwide, including sales partners, solution partners, service operations partners, talent alliances, investment and financing partners, industry organisations, and industry partners. Across the global marketplace, Huawei continues to invest in partner development, cultivation, motivation, and support programmes.
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